Personnel Dept    Part 3
By boomer 


I've written before about my job in the personnel 
department of a large department store with the
responsibility of hiring cashiers.  Another applicant was
Sara.  She was a big girl, 20 years old, probably 5'9" tall
and 160 pounds.  Despite being big she was not fat, 
just big boned.  While discussing here hobbies I noted
she seemed to be in good shape and did she work out.
She said she did a lot of aerobics to try and keep her
weight down.  She lifted only really light weights as
she felt she was too muscular naturally.  She did modified
pushups (knees on the floor) to the tune of 3 sets of 50.

I asked how someone could be too muscular naturally
so she asked if I wanted to see.  I had to act nonchalant
but said sure.  She rolled up her sleeve and flexed.  There
was noticeable size but not remarkable definition and it
was pretty solid.  She said she had always been strong
but had always held back even while in competition with
guys.  I told her the company needed people with a lot of
self confidence who weren't afraid to succeed, to win.
She said she really was all that but was afraid society
would frown upon a strong girl.  I asked if she wanted
to prove it and she said sure.

We put our arms on the desk and grasped hands.  Her
hand was as big as mine so I had no advantage there.
As usual I started out at less than 100% to see what
she had.  We were locked at the starting position so I
increased the pressure.  She didn't budge an inch.  Now 
I really poured it on and felt like I was pushing a wall.  She
looked at me and smiled.  She started taunting me by
saying what a nice office I had and it seemed like this
would be a nice place to work.  

Sara asked if I had had enough and I bravely said I had
just begun to fight.  Since I was turning red and sweating
heavily, and my arm was shaking at this point she just
laughed.  Now she started to apply the pressure and I
was helpless to stop her.  She kept up her discussion
of my office as she moved my hand towards the desk top.
I was totally helpless to stop her.  

Finally she just pushed me down and noted that had been
fun and wondered why she had been so afraid of winning
in the past.  Mustering up all the dignity I could, I told her
that I hoped she had learned something.  She just laughed 
at this and said she hoped I had learned something about
the power of a big girl and when did she start the new job.